Thumbs Up Club
Thumbs Up Club normally runs at Addington School every Easter and Summer holiday period, for children and young people aged 3-19 with a diagnosis of special needs and who cannot access a mainstream provision. It is open to children from the local area as well as from Addington School, and takes up to 30 places each day running from 9.30am – 3:30pm.
Bookings open around 6 weeks before the start of each club. The booking form is thorough and asks a lot of questions. We need this information to ensure that groupings and staffing work for each child. We are always hugely oversubscribed, however, we will always do our best to take as many children we can for as many days as we can - safely. Please click here for information about the bookings process.
If you would like to be added to the Thumbs Up Club mailing list, please email email our team at enquiries@thumbsupclub.co.uk
For more information about Thumbs Up Club, please visit our website at www.thumbsupclub.co.uk.
Background:
Thumbs Up Club is a registered charity. The charity name is Activity Club for Children with Special Needs (Berkshire) and Thumbs Up Club is the working name. We provide a Full Day holiday club for children with special needs. The club relies entirely upon voluntary donations, grants and parent subscriptions to provide this type of facility for children with special needs in the Wokingham, Reading, Bracknell, Windsor and Ascot areas.
We provide:
§ A caring, happy and friendly environment for the child to enjoy, who may not have access to any mainstream holiday club.
§ Respite for parents to allow them to spend time with their other children doing activities they would not otherwise be able to do.
Thumbs Up Club does not have any formal links or associations with Wokingham Borough Council or any other local council, and the club is not run by Addington School. We, of course, come into regular contact with all of these other providers by nature of our service but they have no involvement in the finances or operation of the club.
Thumbs Up Club is registered with Ofsted, and at our last inspection in the summer of 2019 we were rated as Outstanding again.
The Disabled Children’s Team in Wokingham or the Building Brighter Futures for Children team in Reading, or your local council equivalent, may be able to assist with funding for children whose parents would otherwise be unable to afford to pay the daily fee - please check this with them prior to making a booking.
Activity Club for Children with Special Needs (Berkshire) Registered Charity 1104007
